WELCOME TO

TARTU !

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation

11.12.2013

Piret Arusaar - manager Asso Uibo – investor consultant

General Facts Tartu County

Tartu County lies between southern and central Estonia, between two big lakes –Peipsi and Võrtsjärv. Area 3089 sq km Population 149,500 ( 01.01.2013; 3rd in Estonia) Administrative centre - City of Tartu 22 local governments - 3 towns and 19 rural municipalities

Tartu County – ca 14900 companies and 3300 self-employed persons registered. Tartu is the services and logistics centre for the whole of South Estonia. Typical products are furniture, foodstuffs, clothes, building materials, glass, metal and plastics +

new innovative ITC sector. Main export countries include Finland,Sweden Germany, Latvia and Russia.

Tartu – University City

Research and education centre Centre of Sothern-Estonia

Education in Tartu• Schools of general education – 26 (ca 14 000students)• Vocational education institutions – 5 (ca 3500 students)• Higher educational institutions – 12 (ca 20 000 students)Incl. University of Tartu, the Estonian University of Life and the Baltic Defence College.

Business Support Organizations in Tartu

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation

Tartu Science Park Foundation –

innovation activities + incubation services

Tartu County Tourism Foundation

Chamber of Commerce and

Tartu Biotechnology Park (TBP) Industry (Tartu office)

biotechnology, medicine and veterinary

medicine

The Creative Industries Centre of Tartu –

development centre of creative industries in Tartu and in the region of South-Estonia,

incubator services for creative businesses

Business Support Organizations in Tartu

Regional Office of Enterprise Estonia – EU programmes, advice, partnership opportunities and training

Tartu University Institute of Technology – research and development institution, which aims to facilitate the generation of new technological solutions

University of Tartu Centre for Entrepreneurship - to organize and coordinate educational, research, development and tutorial activities in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation processes in the university

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation

is operating as a regional development centre (Tartu)

main aim is to strengthen the competitive ability of Tartu County and fostering its development

is your main partner to start and grow your business in Tartu region

is a partner in the network of regional development centres

Development Network of Estonia

Nationwide network !

15 regional development centres

United competences !

over 100 consultants ( incl. regional investor consultants)

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation

Fields of activity: Business development Investment promotion incentives / investor services Young entrepreneurship incentives - increasing the share of young people in

business Supporting capability of NGO and public sector Regional development projects

We have linked 4 areas of activities in order to achieve this: consultations County development projects / business, non-governmental sector, public sector training information services

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation

Target groups: Start-up companies Operating companies Potential investors Non-governmental organisations Local governments Entrepreneural young people ( age 14 – 19)

Tartu Region – challenge for business professionals

Tartu BAS Services for start-up c/o and running businesses

Free consultation services in • Business idea evaluation, foundation Drafting the business plan Taxes and accountancy in business Marketing and sales Financial planning ( incl. Financial solutions) SME management and activity planning

2. Information services ( Structural Funds, subsidies, business consultants etc.)3. Training

Tartu BASDevelopment projects in the fields of:

Decreasing unemployment and increasing entrepreneurship in the region ( ESF-funding)

Attracting new investors (‘Invest in Tartu Region’) Supporting co-operation between local governments Youth entrepreneurship

Additionally: Organising seminars and trainings Preparing information materials Marketing of success stories Mentor-project to support start-up companies ( training course + mentoring) etc.

Young people entrepreneurship

Co-ordination work from 2006.

Starting up and organising different projects and activities for the youngsters to initiative there creativity and entrepreneurship.

General information about Tartu BAS Council – 6 members- 2 - local governments- 1 - Tartu County Government ( state)- 1 - business organisation- 1 – representative of NGO- 1 – JCI ( Junior Chamber International)

Tartu BAS is operationg according to the ‘Tartu BAS development strategy 2011 – 2015’.

9 employees3 – business consultantsinvestor consultantNGO consultanttraining manageryoung entrepreneurial project managerassistant manager

Summary 2013 ( per year)

Consultation to... - Ca 650 start-ups- Ca 50 running c/o- Ca 150 NGOd

Additionally: In trainings and info-days ca 2600 persons Applying start-up support ( positive answer) ca 60 projects

Fly or fall?Fly or fall?

Budget 201Budget 20133

TOTAL: 260 000 EUR

Enterprise Estonia: ca 80% ( state) Tartu city + local gov 11 % Services+ projects 9 %

Thank You!

www.tartu.ee/arinouandla

E-mail: bas@tartu.bas.ee